Lorain businessman arrested by police for domestic dispute

LORAIN -- Lorain businessman Scott Campana, 44, was arrested at home Saturday afternoon after his wife went to the Lorain Police station to press domestic violence charges against him. Campana told officers several times he did not touch his wife, police reported. He was released from the Lorain City Jail on $2,500 bond at 4 p.m. Saturday. His arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Lorain Municipal Court.

The wife told police Campana had hit her in the face and pushed her into a wall on Thursday, a police report stated. Police noted her forehead was bruised and there was a cut on her upper lip, the report stated.

Campana's children filed a missing person report for their mother Friday evening after she left their home on foot at 9 p.m.

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Her daughter told police she had last seen her mother Friday at 6 p.m. The girl said her mother was highly intoxicated, the report stated.

Police learned the woman was possibly with her sister and a friend, the report stated. Contact was made with a man who told police "the woman was safe but had been assaulted two days ago and was in fear of her husband, Scott Campana."

Police spoke with Campana Saturday at 9:30 a.m. after he too filed a missing person report for his wife Friday evening.

After learning she was reported missing, Campana's wife arrived at the Lorain Police Department Saturday at 1:30 p.m., police said.

Police noted the woman was highly upset and shaking uncontrollably, the report stated.

The woman said "she has been married to Campana for 23 years and throughout the marriage, she has been mentally, physically and verbally abused," the report stated. She claimed "Campana has thrown things at her, spits on her and hits her for no reason," the report stated.